Join a richly illustrated presentation tracing the Greene County Sheriff's Office from the first sheriff in 1803 to the present day. Focusing on the men who held the office and the events that defined their terms, this talk uses photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, and local histories (including Robinson and Broadstone) to bring the county's law-enforcement past to life, presented by Tara Melvin.

Highlights:

Center.

• The evolving "headquarters" of the Sheriff's Office - from an early tavern to the Gene Fischer Justice

• How deputy qualifications and the sheriff's duties have changed since 1803.

• The Sheriff's changing role in the court system as Greene County courts grew and moved.

• Personal stories: the varied lives of sheriffs before and after their terms-teachers, innkeepers, and others-and familiar local surnames.

• Continuity and change: what has remained (the office is still elected) and what has changed (residency requirements, duties, etc.).

Fascinating trivia and dramatic episodes: a one-armed sheriff who subdued an escapee, Greene County's only public execution, sheriffs who died in office, and the Sheriff's role during major emergencies (1849 cholera, 1884 cyclone, 1886 flood, the 1950 & 1978 blizzards, and the 1974 & 2000 tornadoes).